SK Telecom’s senior Terran Canata has been removed from the January Proleague roster.

Ever since his debut, Canata showed a stable appearance and led the way for SK Telecom on many occasions. With Boxer switching over to Starcraft 2, iloveoov becoming a professional coach, and Midas transferring over to the WeMade FOX team, each of SK Telecom’s former poster Terran players chose a different path for themselves, but Canata decided to stay as a player for his team and as a part of SK Telecom’s Terran line.

Recently however, Canata has been competing against his juniors (T)

Fantasy and (T)

Ssak for a chance to participate in more matches, but in the end was pushed away and could not seize an opportunity. His recent record out of 10 games played is a record of 3 wins and 7 losses and has come to a halt with a 30% winning rate; he is even in a situation in which he has a record of 3 losses out of the 3 games he played in Proleague.

It seems that Canata has been removed from the roster because of his lack of strength in his games nowadays. Because of the fact that his strength in his games in both the Proleague and individual leagues has fallen greatly, it seems that he was removed from the roster in order for him regain back his strength again.

SK Telecom’s executive office clarified, “It is true that Canata’s strength in his games recently has dropped a lot, so in order to let him rest for a while, we have removed him from the Proleague roster.”

There have been growing concerns over whether Canata, who has been removed from the Proleague roster for the first time since his debut, will get out of his slump and be able to put his name on the roster with confidence again in February.

Source: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=113961&db=issue

In short:
-No, Canata's not going to the army.
-No, Canata's not switching over to SC2.
-No, Canata's not suddenly retiring like ForGG nor is he ragequitting his pro gaming career.

He's just been sucking lately, so they decided to give him a rest in order to not let him plague their record in the Winners' League.

Out with Canata and in with Kwanro!

StutteR

United States1903 Posts

January 07 2011 10:48 GMT

#69

lol I was confused. I was like, who the hell is KONG and why isn't YellOw on a team. Then I smacked myself for being so stupid. yay for Rush and

for Canata.

moopie

12605 Posts

January 07 2011 10:53 GMT

#70

On January 07 2011 19:25 Spica wrote:
-No, Canata's not booted off to the B team, he's still on the A team. (Although he might be heading there sooner or later, lol)

Actually thats precisely what it means. Off the roster = off their A-team (for now at least). The rosters make up the A-teams (who can participate in SPL).

Spica

United States5582 Posts

January 07 2011 11:04 GMT

#71

On January 07 2011 19:53 moopie wrote:

Show nested quote +

Actually thats precisely what it means. Off the roster = off their A-team (for now at least). The rosters make up the A-teams (who can participate in SPL).

Ah, really now? I didn't know that, thanks for catching my mistake.

Caos2

United States1728 Posts

January 07 2011 11:32 GMT

#72

With Yellow and Reach KT is full of awesomeness.

_Quasar_

Russian Federation4405 Posts

January 07 2011 11:59 GMT

#73

YES YELLOW IN KT ^_____^ I like this, because of him being a #1 legend of all the players left in BW, and also because he could replace FailCtion as a more normal zerg. And also maybe in a more overall consistent team he will play even better. ^_^

Go Yellow!

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

January 07 2011 13:56 GMT

#74

CANATA?!?!

AND YELLOW HOLY SHIT

HitoriTomoyo

Canada264 Posts

January 07 2011 17:29 GMT

#75

Good to finally hear about Canata. Hopefully he'll take a vacation where Bisu did before he won his first MSL.

I'm actually wondering if KT will actually field YellOw now that he's back on KT's A-Team. He performed rather decently in this time with ACE, but so did Reach and he's practically contributed almost nothing to the team since his return (though the switch from a regular team member to captain MIGHT give him a bigger role behind-the-scenes, especially for the KT Protosses).

Then again, Action alone can't really uphold KT's Zerg roster alone, especially when HoeJJa is performing REALLY badly as of late, so here's to hoping that KT actually fields YellOw with some degree of success throughout the Proleagues.

After all, if Midas and NaDa can perform REALLY well, then every old-school player has a chance at success (outside of BoxeR of course =/).

Jstor

United States107 Posts

January 07 2011 17:35 GMT

#76

NOOOOOOO SONKWON, you will forever be in our hearts! <3

blahman3344

United States2015 Posts

January 07 2011 18:33 GMT

#77

Canata.Why'd you have to go and leave? I know that you were having a rough time, but I believed in you. D=
Also, Mantoss captain with the addition of Yellow to the team is gonna boost KT's morale a lot (and maybe Violet will perform better now that he isn't Captain anymore).
Hrm...I don't know who this "Wuk" guy is, but I've got my eye on him. In about 1-2 years, I think he might make a name for himself.

edit: Ahh, so Canata is taking rest to regain his strength. Well then, Canata, rest well! =D

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

January 07 2011 18:42 GMT

#78

Why do they KT players have bare feet in that picture? O_o

Phelix

1931 Posts

January 07 2011 18:46 GMT

#79

That interview gives me a sigh of relief, he wasn't doing well in Proleague, and this time off should bring confidence into February, where he will hopefully regain the title of Survivor King..